Originally posted by Domination And how is this any different from having spec cars?

Agree, surly it is easier just to have a standard car, probs FIA would go with a Ferrari spec car.The only problem with that is, F1 would have a break away group after Max put all the F1 companys out of business and would probably be more popular then the proper F1 and kill it.

11 teams and 18 races. After everyone has had one race with each team, who would get a second drive with a top team, who would have to take two or three drives with the lower budget teams?

Conversely - after the first 11 races of the year, which teams would get the top flight drivers a second time, which would have the rabbits for the final part of the season?

Of course - it might be the case that all cars and all drivers are equally capable of winning, it's just this old fashioned idea of having drivers contracted to a single team that is masking that fact ;)

That's a horrible idea. Consistency is one key to a successful series. When I'm at a race track I want to know who is driving which car without having to resort to a program. Max is trying to turn F1 into IROC.

-"Mr Noname F1 driver, you are driving for Team C next race..."
-"Yes"
-"You know, we will win the WCC if they do not score points..."
-"I know, that means, if I am not mistaken, XX million dollars for you?"
-"Yes"
-"Give me 50% and I will walk from the gravel trap"
-"25 percent"
-"Deal, but then I will not walk, send me fat guy with a moped"

This was actually proposed and sort of put into effect before the 1982 season. The drivers unionized and had a strike, and the superlicense was fixed so drivers not driver and team combination had the license.

So see "1982 South African Grand Prix" for this, or TNF for the FIASCO war or FOCA/FISA for how it turned out then...